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All Quiet on the Western Front

1979 · 150 min

A grim, slow descent into the trenches, watching youthful idealism rot into senseless loss and quiet despair.

Tagline
They left for war as boys, never to return as men.
Overview
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • death
  • trauma
  • guilt
  • friendship
Places
  • military
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Action6
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
war, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Delbert Mann
Written by
Paul Monash
Starring
Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal, Paul Mark Elliott, David Bradley, Matthew Evans
Music
Allyn Ferguson
Cinematography
John Coquillon
Runtime
150 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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